Commie Core Curriculum will dumb it down a lot more.
When I ran a small convenience store for 3 years, it was my consistent experience that when there was even a small challenge that might require going above and beyond the call of duty, millennials would choose to walk rather than put up with any discomfort.
I eventually quit myself, because you can only run a 24 hour business by yourself for only so long.
i know about this instead of being a foreman in a cabinet shop im just a janitor in a daycare
YMMV, I guess...I have a millennial employee who is an excellent worker.
In the old days, kids learned workplace skills at an early age in such roles as:
1. Theater ticket takers
2. McDonald’s, Burger King, Taco Bell
3. Roofing, asphalt, farming, delivering papers
ALL of the above are now dominated by illegal aliens, and it’s getting worse.
This means many have an entitlement mentality and don’t learn to behave and communicate well until later, if at all.
There is culture rot, sure, but another important part of this is an UNRESTRICTED INVASION BY ILLEGAL ALIENS.
Whom would you prefer to employ, a pimply immature brat or a more mature illegal desperate to earn ANYTHING and also scared to cause any trouble, owing to their questionable status.
The kids are rotten, sure, but the omnipresence of de-facto slaves is something the Chamber of Commerce might well PREFER AND ENJOY.
A real cost of illegal immigration is our young people are NOT getting exposed to early work experiences.
I know many fine young hard working folks in their mid to late twenties. The majority of them are people I would be proud to work with. I remember back in my day the ‘older generation’ complained bitterly about us. I know that there are some out there not worth their salt but that is not the majority.
Asking about pay and benefits is not unheard of for any age group. I made the mistake when I was young and foolish of not nailing down those particulars and lived to regret it.
Affirmative Action.
Idjits have always asked questions about vacation policy in the first five minutes of a job interview....
I have a friend in the Marine Corps who tells me its now common for drill instructors to receive anxious and instructional calls from recruits’ mothers.
I wish I knew some present D.I.’s who could confirm or deny that for me....
But man, are they brimming with self confidence and entitlement ....
They brought it all on themselves and, unfortunately on their children. Woe to them! My, I sound Biblical!
I have a feeling it's a comin.'
This comes from children being brought up with their HAND OUT, feeling ENTITLED.
My 17 year old son goes to school all day then busts his backside working as a dishwasher most nights. He wants to work to pay for gas for his car and save money. And, oh yeah, he’s a honor roll student, top 10% of his class.
Most of his friends are of the same ilk. It’s not all doom and gloom out there with regards to young people.
Of course the government will take most of their hard-earned money...but that’s another subject.
This is funny; it correlates roughly with the huge economic downturn and, if reports are to be believed, many people being "lucky enough to have a job" — in fact, given human nature, I would find it surprising if companies didn't take advantage of this say by pressuring/demanding unpaid overtime (or mandatory overtime).
A lot of people whine about young-people being "untrainable" — but how many have actually tried training them? (And I mean more along the line of mentoring/hands-on-teaching, not hey kid, watch this video
.)
I'd actually argue that in my industry [computer science] there is a distinct anti-training mentality. Heck, when entry-level positions require 2-5 years of experience on the exact systems being used, there's something wrong. {A few have claimed that the reason is so companies can claim there are no qualified hires and import H1B visa workers, which tend to be more exploitable [in addition to driving down the average wages] as an explanation for this in STEM jobs.} — I call it the cookie-cutter candidate
problem, where they want someone who is already a "perfect fit" as if they've already been there years.
Too bad the Brokebackridge guy got the zot, he would be all over this............
Public education, NEA, simple as that.
Spawn of Hippies.
iows....she schmoozzed her way thru that course...it wasn't black and white and yes or no...it was anything in between that was acceptable....